To: driftdiver
"They've been working for 5000 years and western medicine is finally opening its eyes."They were working so well, that China had one of the lowest life expectancies. In 1960 a chinamen could expect to live to 43, while Americans lived to 70.
4 posted on
04/22/2014 1:54:52 PM PDT by
DannyTN
To: DannyTN
yeah I’m sure WWII, the communists, and Mao had nothing to do with that.
5 posted on
04/22/2014 1:56:16 PM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: DannyTN
Don’t doubt your stats, but you do have to make some adjustments for standard of living. In 1960 the Chinese were a pretty backward society, no?
Currently it’s 74 vs our 80.
7 posted on
04/22/2014 1:58:16 PM PDT by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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